Re: Win Mess 5.0 Fix Doesn't Work

[JW]

What is your scenerio? From what you say I gather thay you are trying to
sign on to a computer at work from home using XP pro over a VPN. Is this
correct? And in your scenerin you tell it to save your password and to auto
sign you in and if won't work.

"Eric Scott" > wrote in message
...
> Hi. I've posted earlier about my problem with Windows Messenger 5.0 not
automatically signing me on when it starts. I tried to fix it with the
popular registry fix that's been recommended around here, and it didn't
work. I tried a variety of stuff to get the auto-signin to work, and
nothing could do it.
>
> In the end, seeing as how I was due to clean up my hard drive for the sake
of performance/organization, I just uninstalled XP and reformatted my hard
drive. After re-installing windows, I downloaded the latest version of
Windows Messenger and clicked "auto sign me in" when I did it. Once again,
it didn't work.
>
> So I'm left wondering if there's anything more I can do. I'm pretty sure
that I'm not missing something simple, as I've been up and down this problem
a thousand times. I'm an experienced used of Windows/MSN Messenger, and my
computer at work automatically signs me on to the MSN Messenger service with
my .Net passport.
>
> Could the problem have something to do with compatibility between my .Net
passport and Windows Messenger? I really don't want to install MSN
Messenger at home if I don't have to. Any advice is appreciated.

[Nick Knisely]

I'm having a similar problem... But I'm not doing anything fancy - just
WinXP pro and Windows Messenger 5.0

Messenger starts when I load windows, but it won't automatically sign in.

I have what I think are the appropriate boxes checked in the options.

Is there a registry fix?

-N

"JW" <JW@NoSpam> wrote in message
...
> What is your scenerio? From what you say I gather thay you are trying to
> sign on to a computer at work from home using XP pro over a VPN. Is this
> correct? And in your scenerin you tell it to save your password and to
auto
> sign you in and if won't work.
>
> "Eric Scott" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi. I've posted earlier about my problem with Windows Messenger 5.0 not
> automatically signing me on when it starts. I tried to fix it with the
> popular registry fix that's been recommended around here, and it didn't
> work. I tried a variety of stuff to get the auto-signin to work, and
> nothing could do it.
> >
> > In the end, seeing as how I was due to clean up my hard drive for the
sake
> of performance/organization, I just uninstalled XP and reformatted my hard
> drive. After re-installing windows, I downloaded the latest version of
> Windows Messenger and clicked "auto sign me in" when I did it. Once
again,
> it didn't work.
> >
> > So I'm left wondering if there's anything more I can do. I'm pretty
sure
> that I'm not missing something simple, as I've been up and down this
problem
> a thousand times. I'm an experienced used of Windows/MSN Messenger, and
my
> computer at work automatically signs me on to the MSN Messenger service
with
> my .Net passport.
> >
> > Could the problem have something to do with compatibility between my
..Net
> passport and Windows Messenger? I really don't want to install MSN
> Messenger at home if I don't have to. Any advice is appreciated.
>
>

[Eric Scott]

I want Windows Messenger to start up whether I'm VPN'ing
or just going through things normally on my ISP. I have
the same setup at work--but with 2000 Pro and MSN Mess 6
instead of XP Pro and Windows Messenger--and my work setup
does fine.

This is a unique problem, from what I've read on here and
my google.com searches. Most people have trouble getting
auto sign-in to work on Windows Mess. 5.0 if they have
installed MSN Messenger on their machine. I've never had
MSN Messenger on this machine. As I said, I formatted my
drive, reinstalled XP Pro, downloaded Windows Messenger 5,
and immediately experienced the problems with auto sign-in
not retaining my password and logging me in right off the
bat.

Very frustrating.

>-----Original Message-----
>What is your scenerio? From what you say I gather thay
you are trying to
>sign on to a computer at work from home using XP pro over
a VPN. Is this
>correct? And in your scenerin you tell it to save your
password and to auto
>sign you in and if won't work.
>

[Nick Knisely]

Ahhh. I did have MSN Messenger installed on this machine.

Was there a solution for those of us in this category?

Sorry to hear of your issue.

-n


"Eric Scott" > wrote in message
...
> I want Windows Messenger to start up whether I'm VPN'ing
> or just going through things normally on my ISP. I have
> the same setup at work--but with 2000 Pro and MSN Mess 6
> instead of XP Pro and Windows Messenger--and my work setup
> does fine.
>
> This is a unique problem, from what I've read on here and
> my google.com searches. Most people have trouble getting
> auto sign-in to work on Windows Mess. 5.0 if they have
> installed MSN Messenger on their machine. I've never had
> MSN Messenger on this machine. As I said, I formatted my
> drive, reinstalled XP Pro, downloaded Windows Messenger 5,
> and immediately experienced the problems with auto sign-in
> not retaining my password and logging me in right off the
> bat.
>
> Very frustrating.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >What is your scenerio? From what you say I gather thay
> you are trying to
> >sign on to a computer at work from home using XP pro over
> a VPN. Is this
> >correct? And in your scenerin you tell it to save your
> password and to auto
> >sign you in and if won't work.
> >